The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-07-08


Sun the speaking in the school house
by friends of either side of the county
seat question took place last Wedens-
day eyeniUg,qulte ade egation assemb-
ling to hear Ehe discussion.
.C. j. G. Macleod called the meeting TO
order and on motion r. q. Turner
was chosen chairman. The first speaker
was Maj Moore of 0rdway, who occu-
pied the floor for nearly All hour dur
ing which time he explained very salts
factory the manner in which the bill
authorizing the moving OF county seats
etc, etc, was passed ut the last session
OF the legislature lie also explained ev.
Gu beyond doubt, the constitutional
ity of the same and Of the election to
result therefrom. Maj. Moore became
quite eloquent during his remarks aud
at the close he urgently requested that
each and every voter in Brown county
go to the polls next Tuesday and cast
their ballots in their own interest, viz !:
relocate the connt seat at Aberdeen
The next speaker was Judge Beebe,
of Columbia, who spoke in behalf of
the people in Columbia for an half
hour. Judge Beebe quoted decisions
from dozens of states IN the union
where county seat difficulties ofexactly
the same nature az this had been con-
sidered void besides entaiing thousands
and thousands OF dollars Of Indebted
ness to the tax payers He even went
80 far rs to say the bond was no gnod,
that the deed to the land had never
been executed or delivered.
The next speaker (no lawyer) was
r. w. Jones, who had just happened
in and did not intend to speak on the
subject for the simple reason that
lie wits 10 laws law or tt;iitt bit
did sometimes think he had a little
horse sense (other people might call it
mule sense. Jones wasted consider
able breath iii attempting to make his
hearers believe that every schemer IN
the county lived either at Aberdeen or
0rdway, aud that this county seat re-
moyal was robbing Columbia and was u
scheme on the part Of Aberdeen to get
the county scat at Aberdeen aud thus
centralize political power IN Brown
county. He then went on to illustrate
the danger of voting the county seat
at Aberdeen by saying thas Fon du
Lac county, Wis. was now $4,000
in debt caused solely by the removal
Of the county seat in a case exactly
like ours.
The statement referring to Aber.
deem scheners and rascais and the one
in regard to Fon du Lac county's
Indebtedness was too much and when
Capt. Hanser, of Aberdeen, took the
floor he did so in accordance with the
wish Of the entire congregation. It
happened that Mr. Hauser had re-
sided in Fon du Lac county for more
than 20 yers aud was acquainted with
all the doings of said county. He ex-
planned to the audience conclusiyely
that Jones was talking about some
thing he knew nothing about and to-
further satisfy his listeners that Rube's
speech would not hold together be
gave an itimized statement Of Fon du
I1sssee county iindefbtoaHess, much to the
displeasure Of r. w. whoexcused him-
self by saying that he had so been in-
formed. Capt. Hauser repeatedly said
that Aberdeen people were sincere in
this cuunty seat matter; that they
would not eutail any unnecessary ex-
pense on their own peeple nor the tax
payers of Brown county; that it was
very true the people Of Aberdeen loved
their city but above all else they sin
cerely honored aud respected the tax
payers of Brown county. In the closing
OF this argument the Captain success
fully 'sbested" every argument brought
up by the frog-pond delegation as be
called them, BY stating in we'll chosen
and sensible words nothing but the
facts in the matter. He was frequently
interrupted by long aud loud applause.
1t was moved and seconded that the
sentiment Of the meeting be unaninlos-
ly in favor of Aberdeen which was car
ried with probably two dissenting votes.
The meeting then adjourned.
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